coach, writer, educator downshifting, sustainable living, sustainable business
From time to time, friends and acquaintances are kind enough to let me know of sustainable business opportunities. If you’re on the lookout for the chance to become self-employed, doing something ethical and authentic to what you believe in, then here’s a great little business venture that’s become available. Natural- Friends, the original, ethical dating [...]
I’ve been told that the Centre for Alternative Technology, CAT, is in a very serious situation and is requesting help from supporters. Of course, there are many excellent causes to direct money to. Please be assured that I don’t plan to blog on all of them or even many of them. Rather, you will find [...]
Where do you fit in your local community? How are you feeling about how your many strengths and skills, your valuable knowledge and experience is used and appreciated by those who live and work close to your home? What about local Government? How much do they know about what you really think? In our town, [...]
“…on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much – the wheel, New York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed [...]
Are you one of those people who run small businesses based on their passions, but shy away from the “Business of business”? I too, like many of you I suspect, have often struggled in my attempts to reframe the concept of “Marketing” in particular. To be fair to all of us, what we seem to [...]
Despite what our political leaders insist on telling us, we all know deep down that persistent economic growth is no longer an option if humankind is to survive for very much longer on this planet. Yet it is not “growth” per se that is a bad thing when we consider what it really means. Growth [...]
Not one, usually, to wave the flag for our Royal Family, I surprised myself yesterday by shouting “Go Charlie” at the radio on hearing Prince Charles’ speech at the BBC Food and Farming Awards. Known also as the “British Food Oscars”, these awards are designed to help us celebrate the culture of quality food in [...]
An inspiring guest article today from Edwin Datschefski. Edwin is a product design consultant, speaker and author who helps people figure out how to make their products sustainable — good for people, profits and the planet. The following is reproduced with his permission: ********************* I was thinking about the basics of my perspective on the [...]
This site seeks to explore the heart and soul of downshifting to a more sustainable, ethical and holistic way of living and working, in keeping with the needs of the planet, humanity as a whole and ourselves as individuals. (read more)
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